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What impact will the Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare have on the presidential election? Perhaps one measure could be seen in its immediate aftermath:
According to Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul the Supreme Court decisionupholding President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law led to a windfall for Mitt Romney. Ms. Saul told The Politicker supporters donated at least $100,000 in the 50 minutes between the immediate aftermath of the ruling, which was issued at approximately 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Romney has already vowed to repeal the ruling if he is elected and some political watchers have speculated a decision to uphold the law would be good for Mr. Romney because it will allow him to energize conservatives by pushing for repeal. The rapid flood of donations to his campaign certainly bolsters the argument the decision could help Mr. Romney fire up supporters on the right.
Romney had run on the explicit promise to repeal ObamaCare. That certainly had fired up Tea Party activists, but they generally haven’t trusted Romney to get it done, especially given his own history on health-care mandates in Massachusetts. Daniel Halper wonders if this won’t fire them back up to fully support Romney as the only means possible to removing Obama from office:
Actually it would be the Republicans in Congress in the 90's. People didn't like it then, so they backed off. It was passed now, but people still don't like it. That being said, there are still differences. ObamaCare goes a lot further than the Republicans' plan in the 90's.
As far as Romney's plan, it was a STATE program which does not affect the entire country. Through the entire campaign, he's said he's against the program nationally.
Not to mention the MA legislation was I believe only about 75 pages, compared to ObamaCare, which is thousands of pages. And polling shows that a majority of MA residents approve of RomneyCare, while approval of ObamaCare among Americans is in the 30's.
trlhiker,
You are back after calling me a mom as an insult, now you are calling Republicans fools! What do you say about Obama breaking so many campaign promises...is he pandering to "fools" too? Some of his promises he clearly had no intention of keeping, for instance he didn't give the time promised for public debate on bills multiple times within his first month in office. If he breaks a promise like that so many times within the first month, he had to have had no intent to keep it -- just racking in the fools for some hope and change no?
Yes michiganmom err I mean michiganmoon, republicans are fools for supporting mr. etch-a-sketch since they have no clue what he really stands for. he flip-flops more than a fish out of water. How can anyone actually support this empty suit?
Yes michiganmom err I mean michiganmoon, republicans are fools for supporting mr. etch-a-sketch since they have no clue what he really stands for. he flip-flops more than a fish out of water. How can anyone actually support this empty suit?
Ehhh....Obama has flip flopped quite a bit more than Romney. The only major issue Romney has completely changed positions on is abortion. Some of the alleged "flip flops" are merely tweaks in positions or rephrasing the same positions to appeal to different audiences, or they are "flip flops" on things that aren't even real issues, like "no new tax pledges" or his views about Reagan.
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In light of the Supreme Court decision I made my first contribution to the Romney campaign...and had to wait an awfully long time for it to go through. I can only conclude that at this time, people are donating like crazy, jamming up website traffic.
As an aside, I think it's even more important now to support the right people in the Senate and House.
Thats fine, I donated to Obama yesterday and it is a light pay period for me but I did it anyway. Game on. No amount of money can make romney come across any better than he does. He will actually have to answer questions in the debates and he wont have stupid lames around him to make him look better like he did in the primaries. Those donations are from the same Obama hating people that he had anyway. No gain for him form this.
Ehhh....Obama has fliped flopped quite a bit more than Romney. The only major issue Romney has completely changed positions on is abortion. Some of the alleged "flip flops" are merely tweaks in positions or rephrasing the same positions to appeal to different audiences, or they are "flip flops" on things that aren't even real issues, like "no new tax pledges" or his views about Reagan.
Oh please, a flip-flop by any other name is still a flip-flop. yes I know Obama has flip-flopped alot as all rigthies have pointed out so why are these same people including you giving Romney a pass on his flip-flops.
Yes michiganmom err I mean michiganmoon, republicans are fools for supporting mr. etch-a-sketch since they have no clue what he really stands for. he flip-flops more than a fish out of water. How can anyone actually support this empty suit?
Yes, you are a big man, using being a woman as an insult.
Where does Obama stand on coal - he's changed it literally over a dozen times.
Where does Obama stand on transparency?
Where does Obama stand on lobbyists in the White House?
Where does Obama stand on gay marriage?
Where does Obama stand on ending no bid contracts for over 25K?
Where does Obama stand on the mandate and not increasing taxes for health care?
Where does Obama stand on nuclear energy?
Where does Obama stand on outsourcing?
etc
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, republicans are fools for supporting mr. etch-a-sketch since they have no clue what he really stands for. he flip-flops more than a fish out of water. How can anyone actually support this empty suit?
